And with those kudos to Mr. Hoffman, he gave himself & his executive staff a 10% pay raise in 2008....compare that with the 3.5% "maximum allowable" raise provided to Toro employees in Riverside. Aren't you happy that the executive staff increased their pay by 2 1/2 times of your raise so that you could be laid off in their year-to-year downsizing plan of 10%? Mike is no different than any other CEO....getting rich off the backs of his employees who have proven to be lemmings because they choose to remain in the same place year after year after year with no opportunity for advancement (unless you move to Minnesota).

As for promoting the service team, ask yourself why do so many new Toro products fail in a short period of time? What are those warranty costs taking away from the shareholders? Being held accountable by investors (aka shareholders) is vital. The fact that numerous new products have launched knowing there were product issues creating increased service costs shows there is minimal accountability by senior management to Mr. Hoffman.